Wwii

WWII Timeline

By lopez.n.julia

  • Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy

  • Stalin comes to power

  • Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany

  • Holocaust

    Holocaust
    Approximately six million Jews were murdered by the Nazi regime. Under the watchful eye of their leader, Hitler, it was a genocide that will always be remembered. "Holocaust" is a word of Greek origin meaning "sacrifice by fire." These men in power, also known as Nazi, beleieved they were superior to the people they oppressed.

  • Non-aggression pact

  • Invasion of Poland and start of WWII

  • Phony War "Sitzkreig"

  • Battle of the Atlantic

  • Battle of Britain

  • Lend-lease act passed in US

  • Hitler invades Soviet Union

  • Pearl Harbor attack

  • America declares war on Japan and enters WWII

  • War production board created

  • Exexcutive Order 9066

  • Battle of Coral Sea

  • Battle of Midway

  • Office of war mobilization created

  • Battle of Stalingrad

  • Operation Torch

  • Invasion of Sicily/Italy

  • D-Day

  • Iwo Jima

  • Okinawa

  • Battle of Berlin

  • Hitler commits suicide

    Hitler commits suicide
    Hitler was burrowed away in a refurbished air-raid shelter when he consumed a cyanide capsule also known as the suicide pill. He then shot himself with a pistol. His shelter contained 18 small rooms and was fully self-sufficient. He nearly never left it. His body is cremated in the chancellery garden.

  • V-E Day

    V-E Day
    Overran West Germany. German finally collapsed. It will be later called the "Victory in Europe." It was the formal end of Hitler's six year misery reign

  • Dropping of the atomic bombs

    Dropping of the atomic bombs
    America is the only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime. They droped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. They wanted to end the war quickly without anymore casualitys. They always wanted to show off to the Soviets. This brought an end to WWII but many historians believe that it also ignited the Cold War.

  • End of WWII

    End of WWII
    America dropped two atomic bombs. The combined of the impact of these bombs caused Emperor Hirohito to intervene and order an acceptance of terms for ending the war. Emperor Hirohito gave a recorded radio to address to the Empire. In this, he announced the surrender of the Empire of Japan to the Allies.